Fly-catcher.



No. 878,207. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908. H. A. KESSLER.

FLY GATGHER.

APPLICATION FILED APB- 19, 1907.

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' citizen of the United HENRY A. KESSLER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FLY-CATCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1908.

Application filed April 19. 1907- Serial No. 369.172.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. KESSLER, States, residing at Los Angeles,in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fly- Catchers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object a simple, cheap, durable and efficientconstruction of fly catcher, and the invention consists in certainconstructions and arrangements of the parts which I shall hereinafterfully describe and point out the novel features in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fly catcher; Fig. 2 is asectional side elevation thereof; and, Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of the upper portion of the paste applying device with the scraperattachment supported thereon.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

My improved fly catcher comprises a base 1 from which a post or rod 2extends and a bell shaped paste applying reservoir adapted to rest onthe base and mounted to slide up and down on the rod. The applyingdevice 3 embodies a paste reservoir 4, the bottom wall 6 of which ispreferably sloping, and the said bottom is formed with an opening snuglyreceiving the red as clearly illustrated in the drawings. The pastereservoir is normally closed by a screw cap 5 or similar closure whichmay be removed in order to fill the reservoir with paste. The cap 5supports a tube 8 which encircles the rod, and to the upper end 9 ofsaid tube and on a lateral extension 10 thereof, two semicircular plates11 are pivoted so as to swing towards and from the rod, said platesbeing provided with curved recesses 12 adapted to encircle the red whenthe two plates are closed. The free ends of the plates 11 are provided,respectively, with a latch and a keeper so that they may be held inclose relation around the rod. If desired, the hinge or pintle of thetwo plates may be of the spring variety so as to swing the plates awayfrom each other when they are unlatched.

In the practical use of my device, the paste applyin device normallyrests upon the base 1 with the rod 2 covered with paste that has beenapplied thereto by a previous downward movement of the applying deviceon the rod. The flies will be attracted by the paste on the rod and beentangled therein, and whenever desired the paste applying device 3 maybe then moved upwardly on the rod, the plates 11 being closed togetherdur ing this movement and serving to effectually scrape the dead fliesfrom the rod. The scraper plates 11 are then swung outwardly and thepaste applying device 3 slid downwardly again on the rod which willeffect a distribution of paste over the latter.

If desired, the bottom of the reservoir may be provided with a rubberwasher 7 snugly encircling the rod so as to keep the same free frompaste.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple device ofthis character which may be easily operated and which may be made moreor less ornamental, as desired, so as to avoid the unsightly appearancethat so many do vices for this purpose display.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A fly catcher comprising a base, a rod supported thereon, a pasteapplying device mounted to slide on said rod and adapted to apply pastethereto, and a scraper mounted to slide on said rod above the pasteapplying device and consisting of pivoted plates spring pressed to swingoutwardly away from the rod, said plates being provided with a latch anda keeper, respectively, designed for interlocking engagement to hold theplates clamped around the rod.

2. A fly catcher, comprising a base, a rod supported thereon, a pasteapplying reservoir mounted to slide on said rod and provided Intestimony whereof I affix my signature With a closure, said cap beingprovided With in presence of two Witnesses.

a tube encircling the rod and provided with r a lateral extension 10,and plates adapted to HENRY KESSLER' encircle said rod and pivotallymounted on l/Vitnesses:

the said extension, as and for the purpose D. F. BEMENT, set forth. 0.SENToUs,

